Ebisu's Inbox

[chibisu]

[For anyone who is familiar with Ebisu in person, they might be expecting the sound of a cute child on the answering machine.]

[They do not get a cute child's voice.]

[Instead, it's the voice of a young man, speaking calmly and professionally.]

Hello. You have reached the personal phone and temple of Ebisu, one of the Gods of Fortune. He and his shinki are currently busy right now, so please leave a message and someone will respond back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you, and have a nice day.

Comments

[chibisu]

I mean, who knows. Not me. I left, and then didn't go back because I didn't want to prove her right. I'm guessing she didn't come looking for me for the same reason.

[Leaning over her, he gently rubs his hand along her back, fingers gently kneading into the tense muscles there.]

We're shinki. A lot of times, especially in the beginning, our emotions are all we have.

[Distinctly human emotions, the kind of thing which they use to guide their gods... As she straightens up, he flashes a smile to her. Nudibranch plush is officially hers for the time being.]

Anyway, a month of running away from ayakashi, and I found myself near one of his temples just looking up at it while I wondered aloud "Wow, it sure would be nice to live in a plush temple like this!"

Which is around the time Ebisu-sama happened to teleport behind me and said "Alright, sure", which almost killed me a second time in surprise.

[unlucky7]

[His attitude is impressively nonchalant, but if he doesn't care and nothing has happened after all this time, then it doesn't feel there's any more to say about it. Ginia presses into his hand, relaxing as she listens.]

Ebisu isn't very choosy about naming people, is he? Ah, not judging, just... it's surprising.

[But maybe there's a certain type of person that ends up finding their way to Ebisu too.]

You know... one reason I left my first god for Caster because I liked his temple more. My first temple was stark white, smooth reflective surfaces, a glow to everything. Very sci-fi? I couldn't stand being inside it. She had nice gardens though.